Sioux Falls lauded at conclusion of travel trade show

The travel media trade show, Travel Media Showcase, concluded its three-day confab Thursday evening with applause for host city Sioux Falls, and high praise for the location of next year's gathering in Rockford, Illinois.

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Rockford, Illinois, is just an hour outside Chicago, and is a must-visit city in the Midwest. One of the reasons that makes Rockford so special is the Anderson Japanese Gardens. Rockford resident John Anderson laid the foundation for the gardens with a visit to Japan in 1966. The idea was solidified more than ten years later after Mr. Anderson visited the Portland Japanese Gardens. The bucolic 14 acres that make up the Anderson Japanese Gardens have been more then 30 years in the making that made it the perfection that the gardens are today.

The second night of the 2013 Travel Media Showcase in Rockford, Illinois, ended in a bang, or make that hundreds of bangs, Wednesday night. The gathering of travel media journalists with representatives of travel destinations around the world began with a riverside reception and dinner Tuesday night followed by a series of meetings and area tours on Wednesday. A dinner and spectacular fireworks show concluded the day on Wednesday at the Anderson Japanese Gardens.

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